Quote Originally Posted by markevens View Post
While both will cut you if you slide the blade parallell to the edge, with a spike you have to be careful of the tip even if you are not moving parallell. Does that make them significantly more dangerous? I don't think so. Plenty of men shave with spikes without cutting their face up.
I have a small face and narrow neck. I think it wouldn't be such a problem on the cheeks with a square point unless maybe I don't keep the edge flat enough. On the neck I have hollows between the adam's apple and neck. Would the point matter in this area?